The Night Bird

{{short description|1928 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Night Bird | image = The Night Bird.jpg | caption = | director = Fred C. Newmeyer | producer = Carl Laemmle | writer = {{ubl|Nicholas T. Barrows|Albert DeMond|Fanny Hatton|Frederic Hatton|Earle Snell}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Reginald Denny|Corliss Palmer|Sam Hardy}} | music = | editing = {{ubl|Frank Atkinson|Ray Curtiss}} | cinematography = Maurice Pivar | studio = Universal Pictures | distributor = Universal Pictures | released = {{Film date|1928|09|16}} | runtime = 70 minutes | country = United States | language = {{ubl|Silent|English intertitles}} | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Night Bird''''' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Reginald Denny, Corliss Palmer and Sam Hardy.<ref>Munden p.543</ref>

==Synopsis== A New York boxer falls in love with an Italian girl he meets in Central Park. However his manager tries to prevent a relationship developing for fears of its impact on his career.

==Cast== * Reginald Denny as Kid Davis * Betsy Lee as Madelena * Sam Hardy as Gleason * Harvey Clark as Silsburg * Corliss Palmer as Blonde * Jocelyn Lee as Redhead * Alphonse Martell as Pete * George Bookasta as Joe * Michael Visaroff as Mario * Adele Watson as Maid

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0019209}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Night Bird}} Category:1928 films Category:1928 comedy films Category:American silent comedy films Category:Films directed by Fred C. Newmeyer Category:American silent feature films Category:1928 English-language films Category:Universal Pictures films Category:American boxing films Category:American black-and-white films Category:1928 American films Category:English-language comedy films